Template:Did you know nominations/Project A119
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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:03, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Project 119
[edit]- ... that Carl Sagan tried to nuke the Moon?
- Reviewed: Eris (simulation)
Created/expanded by Grapple X (talk). Self nom at 04:20, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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- Might I suggest an alt hook here, because the hook as it reads seems to be a little misleading as it was not his effort/proposal/idea (it was the Air Force's), merely that he was part of the team in charge of studying its feasibility. To wit:
- ALT1: ... that Carl Sagan studied the idea of nuking the Moon? Moogwrench (talk) 08:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I know what you mean, but I think you lose a lot of "punch" when you try to clarify things. Sagan was, to an extent, responsible as a project member, and the article does make it clear what his involvement was. If the blunter version is too misleading then yeah, go with the hook, but I think it's sufficiently accurate to draw a reader into the article to find out the full extent of his work with the project.